RHYMING REDUPLICATIONS

A reduplication is a process in which the root of a word or the whole word is repeated exactly or with a slight change. It conveys a function such as intensification, plurality, or just to create new words.
This is an inherent part of what makes English such a musical language and apt to have so much fun with words.
We establish different categories: 
a) exact reduplications:bye-bye;pee-pee:no-no;...
b) ablaut reduplications:chit-chat; criss cross;zig zag,...
c) onomatopoetic terms: Ding dong; bow wow; tick tock,...
d) others: helter skelter;walkie-talkie;witching and bitching;..

In the following examples you´ll have to identify the meaning and possible contexts and functions of the rhyming reduplications by providing us with a suitable linguisic context:

Ex: the nitty-gritty details of the murder investigation; incessant chitter chatter at school ;she gave me the heebie-jeebies at  the Halloween party,etc...

POO-POO

CHIT CHAT 

 CRISS CROSS

 DING DONG 

 JIBBER JABBER

 KNICK KNACK  

SPICK& SPAN 

PITTER PATTER

 FLIM FLAM 

FLIP FLOP 

SPLISH SPLASH 

KIT-KAT 

CHAMPS AND CHUMPS 

HUSTLE & BUSTLE

 HUFFING & PUFFING 

BRIC aBRAC 

TING-a LING 

BOOGY WOOGY 

LOVEY-DOVEY 

MUMBO JUMBO

 HURLY BURLY 

HURDY GURDY

 GOODY-GOODY(plural goody_goodies) 

HOITY-TOITY 

SILLY BILLY

  FUDDY-DUDDY

 NAMBY PAMBY 

WISHY WASHY 

 SHILLY SHALLY

 TITTLE-TATTLE 

KILLER DILLER 

WHEELER DEALER 

HOCUS POCUS 

HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY 

ARTY- FARTY

 ARTSY FARTSY 

ROLY-POLY 

JEEPERS-CREEPERS 

HIP HOP 

ARGY BARGY 

WILLY NILLY 

HANKY PANKY

 SING SONG 

OKEY DOKEY

 HODGE PODGE 

FUDDY-DUDDY

 GANG BANG

 WEE-WEE

 ROOTY-TOOTY

 FLIP FLOP 

POW WOW 

BLANKETY BLANK

 YAKKETY YAK

 ARTY CRAFTY 

RAGGLE-TAGGLE

 RAZZLE DAZZLE 

RUMBLE-TUMBLE 

LOOSEY-GOOSEY

 SUPER DUPER 

RIFF- RAFF 

TUTTTI- FRUTI

TINKI-WINKI 

CLAP TRAP 

HOBSON-JOBSON 

HARUM SCARUM 

PALL-MALL

 PELL-MELL 

HITHER THITHER

HUGGER-MUGGER

 ITSY BITSY

 TOPSEY-TURVY 

HANDY DANDY  ( a game)

TEENIE-WEENIE 

LARDY DARDY  

WILLY-WILLY (dust devil)

 GLISS GLISS an animal 

BUNGA BUNGA  (Berlusconi´s favourite pastime)

 LINGO BINGO

a)Try to make up your own rhyming reduplications.ex:  chicken licken; buddy-muddy,dusty-busty,
nosey-nosey yummy tummy,etc...

b)Check the list of Irreversible binomials and see which ones could fit into rhyming reduplications.
Ex.. doom and gloom, spick and span.....

c)Identify the childish or naive elements in these creations.

d)Compare with some Spanish duplicates:ping-pong; pim-pam-pum; run-run (for emphasis) café-café;pis pás...
e) Some chldren´s tales´characters use rhyming reduplications, such as: HENNY-PENNY;
    TURKEY-LURKEY; COCKY-LOCKY;GOOSEY-LOOSEY; FOXY-WOXY; DUCKY-LUCKY... Create your own duplicative characters:.......

f) FIND some of the songs WITH DUPLICATED ELEMENTS in their titles: picky-picky; tricky-tricky;hickory,dickory,dock.....See how many more  you can  think of....

g) CHECK WHEN A HYPHEN IS NEEDED in each of the examples above..
h) See duplicates in advertising.Ex: Kit-Kat; Coca-Cola; Colo-Colo;Nooky-Nooky    Try to think of some more examples:..